Location

Situated in Southwestern China, Yunnan Province covers a total area of 394,000 square kilometers, accounting for 4.1% of China's total land territory and ranking the 8th in China. Respectively bordering Myanmar in the west and Laos and Viet Nam in the south, Yunnan shares a boundary line of 4060 km with them.

Survey

As a plateau and mountainous province with an average elevation of around 2000m, Yunnan enjoys huge elevation differences. The confluence between Nanxi River and Yuanjiang River in Hekou County which borders Viet Nam. With over 600 rivers and streams of different sizes in its territory, Yuannan has comparatively developed water systems. Yunnan is the province with the richest variety of plants in China. Of the 30,000 odd species of higher plants in China, over 17,000 are found in Yunnan, accounting for 62.9% of China. Thus, Yunnan has always been dubbed as the Kingdom of Plants, Hometown of Spices, Natural Garden, and Treasure house of Medicinal Herbs.

Transport

 Yunnan has 6 airports, and travellers often take flights in Kunming, Lijiang, and Dali Airports. Railway and highways also play an important role for transportation here.

Sightseeing

The special geological and climatic conditions, numerous ethnic groups and long history and splendid culture have created the the exceptionally rich tourism resources in Yunnan. A batch of tourism development zones have been preliminarily formed, which are featured with mountain gorges, modern glaciers, plateau lakes, stone forest, karst caves, volcanoes and geothermal phenomena, primitive forest, tropical rain forest, flowers, relics and historic sites, traditional gardening and ethnic folklores etc.
 
 
 
Highlights:

. Step back through time in the narrow streets of Lijiang's ancient town.

. Trek Tiger Leaping Gorge a breathtaking hike and dramatic cliffs and waterfalls.

. Cycle along the shoreline of Erhai Lake, near the laid-back town of Dali.